• 0705 - Geometric and Topological Combinatorics 

      [OWR-2007-4] Workshop Report 2007,4 (2007) - (28 Jan - 03 Feb 2007)
      The 2007 Oberwolfach meeting “Geometric and Topological Combinatorics” presented a great variety of investigations where topological and algebraic methods are brought into play to solve combinatorial and geometric problems, ...
    • 0740 - Komplexe Algebraische Geometrie 

      [OWR-2007-47] Workshop Report 2007,47 (2007) - (30 Sep - 06 Oct 2007)
      The Conference focused on several classical theories in the realm of complex algebraic geometry, such as Abelian Varieties, Jacobians and Pryms, Moduli spaces, Variation of Hodge structures and Algebraic surfaces. New ...
    • 0734 - Analysis and Geometric Singularities 

      [OWR-2007-41] Workshop Report 2007,41 (2007) - (19 Aug - 25 Aug 2007)
      This workshop focused on several main areas of current research concerning analysis on singular and noncompact spaces. Topics included classical areas like spectral asymptotics, propagation of singularities and scattering ...
    • 0723 - Phase Transitions 

      [OWR-2007-28] Workshop Report 2007,28 (2007) - (03 Jun - 09 Jun 2007)
      As in the past, the workshop brought together researchers with a background in physics, partial differential equations and continuum mechanics and statistical mechanics. Equilibrium and dynamic phase transitions were ...
    • 0715c - Mini-Workshop: Positional Games 

      [OWR-2007-20] Workshop Report 2007,20 (2007) - (08 Apr - 14 Apr 2007)
      Positional games is one of rapidly developing subjects of modern combinatorics, researching two player perfect information games of combinatorial nature, ranging from recreational games like Tic-Tac-Toe to purely abstract ...
    • 0751 - Material Theories 

      [OWR-2007-58] Workshop Report 2007,58 (2007) - (16 Dec - 22 Dec 2007)
      The workshop reviewed classical and recent trends in the modeling of material behavior using a wide spectrum of mathematical tools (stochastic processes, calculus of variations, pde’s). Among the topic covered, the following ...
    • 0748a - Mini-Workshop: Theory and Numerics of Fluid-Solid Interaction 

      [OWR-2007-53] Workshop Report 2007,53 (2007) - (25 Nov - 01 Dec 2007)
      This volume contains the abstracts of a series of talks given at a mini-workshop in Oberwolfach on the theory and numerics of continuum mechanical fluid-solid/structure interaction. The characteristics of these coupled ...
    • 0743 - Reassessing the Paradigms of Statistical Model-Building 

      [OWR-2007-50] Workshop Report 2007,50 (2007) - (21 Oct - 27 Oct 2007)
      Statistical model-building is the science of constructing models from data and from information about the data-generation process, with the aim of analysing those data and drawing inference from that analysis. Many statistical ...
    • 0738 - Homotopy Theory 

      [OWR-2007-45] Workshop Report 2007,45 (2007) - (16 Sep - 22 Sep 2007)
      Algebraic topology in general and homotopy theory in particular is in an exciting period of growth and transformation, driven in part by strong interactions with algebraic geometry, mathematical physics, and representation ...
    • 0730 - Partielle Differentialgleichungen 

      [OWR-2007-35] Workshop Report 2007,35 (2007) - (22 Jul - 28 Jul 2007)
      The workshop dealt with partial differential equations in geometry and technical applications. The main topics were the combination of nonlinear partial differential equations and geometric problems, regularity of free ...
    • 0716 - Diophantische Approximationen 

      [OWR-2007-21] Workshop Report 2007,21 (2007) - (15 Apr - 21 Apr 2007)
      This Number Theoretic conference was focused on the following subjects: the Subspace Theorem and its ramifications and applications, heights of subvarieties of group varieties, effective methods for solution of diophantine ...
    • 0748c - Mini-Workshop: Arithmetik von Gruppenringen 

      [OWR-2007-55] Workshop Report 2007,55 (2007) - (25 Nov - 01 Dec 2007)
      The theory of group rings has many connections to other mathematical areas, such as number theory, K-theory, topology, representation theory, homological algebra and of course the theory of finite and infinite groups, and ...
    • 0731 - Wavelet and Multiscale Methods 

      [OWR-2007-36] Workshop Report 2007,36 (2007) - (29 Jul - 04 Aug 2007)
      Various scientific models demand finer and finer resolutions of relevant features. Paradoxically, increasing computational power serves to even heighten this demand. Namely, the wealth of available data itself becomes a ...
    • 0729 - Explicit Methods in Number Theory 

      [OWR-2007-34] Workshop Report 2007,34 (2007) - (15 Jul - 21 Jul 2007)
      These notes contain extended abstracts on the topic of explicit methods in number theory. The range of topics includes asymptotics for field extensions and class numbers, random matrices and L-functions, rational points ...
    • 0741 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Percolation 

      [OWR-2007-48] Workshop Report 2007,48 (2007) - (07 Oct - 13 Oct 2007)
      Abstract. Percolation as a mathematical theory is more than fifty years old. During its life, it has attracted the attention of both physicists and mathematicians. This is due in large part to the fact that it represents ...
    • 0718a - Poisson Geometry and Applications 

      [OWR-2007-23] Workshop Report 2007,23 (2007) - (29 Apr - 05 May 2007)
      This workshop concentrated on some of the major areas of Poisson geometry and its applications. Topics covered included moment maps, global Poisson geometry (Poisson-Lie groups, homogeneous spaces), Poisson topology ...
    • 0707b - Mini-Workshop: Levy Processes and Related Topics in Modelling 

      [OWR-2007-7] Workshop Report 2007,7 (2007) - (11 Feb - 17 Feb 2007)
      The focus of the meeting was on recent ongoing research and new ideas in the area of infinite divisibility and Lévy processes, with particular view to realistic modelling. As regards more applied aspects, work in mathematical ...
    • 0706 - Computational Electromagnetism and Acoustics 

      [OWR-2007-5] Workshop Report 2007,5 (2007) - (04 Feb - 10 Feb 2007)
      It is a moot point to stress the significance of accurate and fast numerical methods for the simulation of electromagnetic fields and sound propagation for modern technology. This has triggered a surge of research in ...
    • 0717 - Algebraic Groups 

      [OWR-2007-22] Workshop Report 2007,22 (2007) - (22 Apr - 28 Apr 2007)
      The workshop dealt with a broad range of topics from the structure theory and the representation theory of algebraic groups (in the widest sense). There was emphasis on the following areas: structure and classification of ...
    • 0720 - Arithmetic and Differential Galois Groups 

      [OWR-2007-26] Workshop Report 2007,26 (2007) - (13 May - 19 May 2007)
      Galois theory is the study of symmetries in solution spaces of polynomial and differential equations and more generally of the relation between automorphism groups (or group schemes respectively) and the structure of ...